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NC leaders and lawmakers tour Helene’s destruction
On Tuesday, state leaders and federal lawmakers representing North Carolina took an aerial tour of the storm damage caused by Hurricane Helene last week in the western part of the state. Federal...
View ArticleCooper, GOP lawmakers take appointments fight to NC Appeals Court
Gov. Roy Cooper and state legislative leaders are taking their fight over appointments to seven state boards and commissions to North Carolina’s second-highest court. Cooper, lawmakers, and lawyers...
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NCSBE sigue adelante con el proceso de votación de WNC después de Helene
Las secuelas de la tormenta tropical Helene no obstaculizan el proceso electoral en Carolina del Norte, dicen los funcionarios electorales de Carolina del Norte. “Los habitantes de las montañas son...
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DHHS health disparities report called a ‘socialist agenda that should be...
A September report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services highlights health differences by race and calls to reduce disparities, but a North Carolina physician argues the push...
View ArticlePrisoners evacuated from WNC with long-term water, power outages expected
More than 1,000 men and women incarcerated at prisons in North Carolina’s western mountains have been evacuated over the past two days and relocated to at least 10 different prisons across the state....
View ArticlePresos evacuados de WNC se esperan cortes de agua y electricidad a largo plazo
Más de 1,000 hombres y mujeres encarcelados en prisiones de las montañas occidentales de Carolina del Norte han sido evacuados en los últimos dos días y reubicados en al menos 10 prisiones diferentes...
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Biden briefed on Helene recovery in Raleigh after aerial tour of WNC damage
President Joe Biden and Governor Roy Cooper toured damage in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene on Wednesday. In an update at the State Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, Biden talked...
View ArticleTillis, Budd lead push for federal disaster relief funds
Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are leading a push by federal lawmakers to pass an appropriations package to support those affected by the impact of Helene. This follows a visit by the senators and...
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Líderes y legisladores de Carolina del Norte recorren la destrucción de Helene
El martes, los líderes estatales y los legisladores federales que representan a Carolina del Norte realizaron un recorrido aéreo por los daños causados por la tormenta que causó el huracán Helene la...
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Report: NC workers to lose $200 in wages under proposed corporate tax increase
North Carolina is projected to rank No. 12 in the nation for the largest economic loss under Kamala Harris’ proposed corporate tax increase, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation. The...
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Biden recibe información sobre la recuperación de Helene en Raleigh después...
El presidente Joe Biden y el gobernador Roy Cooper recorrieron el miércoles los daños causados por el huracán Helene en el oeste de Carolina del Norte. En una actualización en el Centro de...
View ArticleWatauga County BOE is getting ready for General Election despite Helene’s...
The Watauga County Board of Elections has notified North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) officials that the election will go on in the county despite the aftermath left behind by Hurricane...
View ArticleBars rebut Cooper’s arguments about COVID compensation
North Carolina bar owners suing Gov. Roy Cooper over his decision to keep bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic made the case this week for compensation from the state. The state Supreme Court will...
View ArticleWalker calls for Greensboro ICF as Helene shelter
On Thursday, former congressman Mark Walker proposed using the unoccupied Influx Care Facility (ICF) in Greensboro, leased by the federal government to house illegal immigrant minors, as a shelter for...
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Lawmakers call for Cooper to replace NC Ports director who’s also leading...
The North Carolina Ports Authority (NC Ports) is statutorily committed to, among other things, “increase the movement of waterborne commerce, foreign and domestic, to, through, and from such harbors...
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Mayorkas: FEMA is out of money for rest of hurricane season
The death toll from Hurricane Helene has risen as of Wednesday morning to more than 200 deaths, 97 of them in North Carolina. As those hardest hit by the storm figure out how to piece their businesses...
View ArticlePort strike suspended until Jan.15 on tentative deal
Late Thursday night the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) agreed to suspend their strike until January 15 to allow time for negotiating a new Master Contract with the US Maritime Alliance...
View ArticleSibelco: Spruce Pine quartz mine operations “shown resilience”
The Western North Carolina quartz mine upon which the chip industry apparently relies on in Helene-impacted Spruce Pine, North Carolina, says their facilities only received minor damage and they hope...
View ArticleMovie Review: Vindicating Trump
Last Friday, a Dinesh D’Souza film attempting to humanize a man who is likely the most loved, and yet the most hated, president in modern times — Donald Trump — hit theaters. Beyond showing the “real...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly to vote on disaster relief package next week
The North Carolina General Assembly plans to vote on disaster relief legislation for areas of the state impacted by Tropical Storm Helene next week, legislative leaders announced on Friday. The...
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